About Naikwadi Village

Naikwadi is a mid sized village in Kudal tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 632, made up of 306 males and 326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181 hectares hectares.

Naikwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naikwadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Kudal
Area (hectares)	181 hectares
Population	632
Male Population	306
Female Population	326
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Naikwadi compares

By the 2011 count Naikwadi is the 97th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 181 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Naikwadi

Naikwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Naikwadi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Naikwadi from other places

Naikwadi lies about 26 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Kankavali, about 26 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Naikwadi
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kankavali	26 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kudal	32 km

Villages closest to Naikwadi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kudal tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Naikwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Naikwadi village had a population of 632. That makes it the 97th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Naikwadi village has 306 males and 326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naikwadi has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1034.

Naikwadi covers 181 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Naikwadi falls under Kudal tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Naikwadi is Kankavali, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Naikwadi.

Naikwadi is about 26 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naikwadi is in Kudal tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Sindhudurg is about 26 km away. Kankavali is about 26 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.